Greg Oden News

TV on CSN ; radio on KXTG Portland's probable starters No. Player Ht. Pos. Statistics 2 Steve Blake 6-3 SG 7 Brandon Roy 6-6 SF 24 Andre Miller 6-2 PG 12 LaMarcus Aldridge 6-11 PF 52 Greg Oden 7-0 C Minnesota's probable starters No.

While the Portland Trail Blazers have regrouped after a slow start, the Charlotte Bobcats have taken a step back since opening their season on a positive note.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 points and pulled down 13 rebounds, as the Trail Blazers came away with an 86-78 win over the Hornets in Jeff Bower's head coaching debut.

The reeling Minnesota Timberwolves hope to put the brakes on an ugly, eight-game skid without their best player when they host Dallas at Target Center on Friday.

Greg Oden likely will face more opposition when get goes to the basket against New Orleans than he did in Minnesota Wednesday night.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:59 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:59 p.m. Coming off Chris Paul's best season and consecutive playoff appearances, the New Orleans Hornets had high expectations entering 2009-10. Coach Byron Scott was the first casualty of those expectations.

Greg Oden sure looked like a franchise center Wednesday night. Oden had 18 points and 11 rebounds in three quarters to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 107-84 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Chicago -- Chauncey Billups hit the go-ahead free throw with six-tenths of a second left and Denver beat Chicago 90-89 on Tuesday night after a potential winning jumper by Brad Miller was overturned following a lengthy replay review.

Blazers guard Brandon Roy is looking to make his third consecutive Western Conference All-Star team.

After back-to-back losses in Salt Lake City and Portland, the Spurs return to the AT&T Center tonight to begin one of the friendliest stretches of the entire 82-game season.

Portland hopes to build on an impressive win in its last outing when it shoots for a ninth consecutive win over a reeling Minnesota Timberwolves club at the Rose Garden.

Brandon Roy tallied a game-high 24 points, and Greg Oden held his own against Tim Duncan, as Portland led wire-to-wire in a 96-84 victory over San Antonio.

Greg Oden is averaging 9.8 rebounds this season in addition to being a more vocal leader.

TV on KGW , ESPN; radio on KXTG San Antonio's probable starters No. Player Ht. Pos. Statistics 9 Tony Parker 6-2 PG 4 Michael Finley 6-7 SG 24 Richard Jefferson 679 SF 21 Tim Duncan 6-11 PF 14.7 ppg, 12.7 rpg, 2.0 apg 15 Matt Bonner 6-10 C Portland's probable starters No.

You may remember the Trail Blazers' horrific season opener last year in Los Angeles.

All the preseason talk about the Portland Trail Blazers' depth at the point guard position has amounted to little positive action during the team's first two regular season games.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:17 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:17 p.m. LaMarcus Aldridge has helped the Portland Trail Blazers dominate Atlanta at home.

When Greg Oden entered the NBA in 2007, many predicted he would emerge as the league's greatest center since Shaquille O'Neal. So far, that hasn't been the case.

Last season, the Oklahoma City Thunder didn't win their third game until mid-December. They'll get the chance to reach that mark much sooner in 2009-10. Oklahoma City goes for the franchise's first 3-0 start in six seasons Sunday night, when it hosts a Portland Trail Blazers team that's dropped two straight.

The Toyota Center has been a house of horrors for the Portland Trail Blazers since it opened for the 2003-04 season.